Diary and Journal of the Delta Guardian
Friday 15th of October, Year 43 AD

So, yeah. Pretty big start to the story, I know. Mental patient who got eaten by a Dragon? Who could believe that!?

Heh, well, lemme tell ya. If by the end of this journal you still think that’s the strangest thing about me? Well, you’re gonna wanna read through this again.

So anyway, what happened next… ah, right.

The next time Zoey opened her eyes, what greeted her was not the padded white walls of the cell she was so familiar with. Instead, what she looked upon was the open sky, a vast expanse of blue that seemed to fill her with a sense of pure freedom. After a moment of just gazing up into the air, the young woman seemed to register that she was lying prone on her back, climbing to her feet and taking in her surroundings.

Ancient, sandy stone seemed to have constructed a low wall around her, no higher than her knees on all sides and built in the shape of a triangle. A raised platform stood in the centre, with a shrine-like stone at the far side. Curiously, Zoey walked to the edge of the area and peered over the wall, practically leaping back when she saw no ground below, only a thick layer of clouds.

“What the hell!?!” Zoey cried out in fear, moving as far from the edge of the apparent tower as possible before spinning in place, eyes darting to every small detail as she tried to process what was happening to her. “Where am I!?”

‘Be calm, child,’ a voice spoke soothingly, deeper than Zoey could even imagine and carrying a sense of authority so great that she couldn’t help but obey, her breathing becoming less ragged as her heartbeat slowed.

“H-hello?” she called out unsurely, looking around herself as she tried to identify the source of the voice. “Who’s there?”

Silence reigned for a moment before a sense of pure, overwhelming power washed over the young woman, practically forcing her to her knees as a massive, emerald-scaled serpent came into her vision. Scarlet eyes locked onto amber, widening as Zoey realised just what had appeared before her, and where she was.

“...you gotta be shitting me…” she breathed in amazement, jaw hanging open as she simply gawked at the Rayquaza before her.

‘Nay, young one,’ the same voice spoke again, the Rayquaza’s eyes seeming to glint as it did so. ‘Thine eyes doth not betray thee. Before you doth stand Rayquaza, son of Arceus and Lord of the Atmosphere.’ After a moment of silence, the gigantic serpent seemed to chuckle bodilly before smiling down at her. ‘Although, thou art not truly knelt before me and mine shrine. Thou art truly unconscious, allowing me to speak to thee in thine mind.’

Zoey nodded slowly, looking around herself as it finally clicked on where she was. “Sky Pillar…” she breathed in awe, eyes wide as she ran her hand over the ancient stone beneath her, dust and dirt sticking to her flesh.

‘Indeed, child,’ Rayquaza chuckled in clear amusement, grabbing her attention once more. ‘I called thy mind here so that I may teach thee, and that I may beseech thy forgiveness.’

“What do you mean?” Zoey asked, confusion once more overtaking her features. Rayquaza merely sighed, allowing it’s gargantuan head to droop momentarily.

‘Tis a long story…’

Jutting out from the side of the tallest mountain in Equestria, with towering spires made of polished marble and sparkling gold throughout its many cobblestoned streets, hangs the bustling capital of Canterlot.

To the north of this gleaming capitol stood the undeniably tallest building, reaching high into the heavens with golden spires perched atop the ivory walls. Lush green gardens spanned the grounds, broken up by flower arrangements, wildlife areas, a hedge maze, and even a statue garden, all of which could be seen from the castle’s main throne room.

Up on one of the many tower balconies, Princess Celestia stood, the ivory mare’s pastel-coloured mane flowing in the ethereal breeze that seemed to follow her around. Robed in naught but a nightgown sewn from the finest silk and as light as gossamer, shimmering pink in the golden glow of her own horn as it flowed over her generously voluptuous curves.

To the general populace of Equestria, the sun began to set on it’s own, as it did every day, and no visible difference occurred with the gargantuan ball of burning hydrogen. To Celestia’s age-old eyes, however, the sun gained an extra golden glow - the colour of her magic - as it wrapped around the celestial body, reigning in it’s burning power for another night as she coaxed it past the horizon.

“Another sunset,” a familiar voice spoke, silky and cultured. This caused Celestia to smile as the moon rose in the sky, surrounded by a silver-blue glow. She turned to her side as her sister stepped up, the Princess of the Night dressed in a regal, midnight blue gown with shimmering silver stars that complimented her onyx regalia perfectly, her star-dotted mane flowing in the same ethereal breeze as Celestia’s. “And another moonrise. I hope you have good dreams tonight, sister.”

“Thank you, Luna,” Celestia chuckled, stepping forward to give her sister a hug, which Luna returned gladly. “I do wish there was more time in the day that we could spend together, but…”

“I know, Tia,” Luna sighed, though a small smile still sat upon her lips. “But we must see to our duties, and be sure we are rested enough to do so. If this means our worlds are connected by but a mere hour in the day, so be it.”

Celestia sighed deeply, shaking her head ruefully. “When did you go and grow up so much, Lulu?” she asked sadly, giving a loving smile. “What happened to my little Woona?”

A dark blush crossed Luna’s cheeks. “I told you not to call me that anymore!” she shrieked suddenly, eyes flying wide in shock as she realised her outburst.

Celestia, meanwhile, merely stood there, staring at her sister for a time before a smirk cracked her bewildered visage. Quiet giggles began to slip past the Solar Princess’s lips before she fell into a peal of boisterous laughter, having to grip the railings of the balcony to keep from falling. Luna stared for a time, baffled at her sister’s sudden change, before slowly beginning to laugh herself, the sounds of both princess’ joy echoing out in the night air.

This continued for a while before, eventually, Celestia managed to regain her composure, taking deep breaths to calm herself as Luna did the same. As time passed, both sisters resigned to merely staring out over the balcony at the night sky, content smiles on both of their faces.

“Your Night truly is beautiful, Luna”, Celestia said eventually, glancing at her sister and chuckling as a dark blush once more graced the lunar mare’s cheeks. “I don’t think you hear that enough.”

“Th-thank you…” Luna muttered, staring out across her creation with a smile, her eyes lingering upon the Moon. “Celestia?” she asked, speaking up after a few minutes of silence.

“Hmm?” the Solar Princess hummed, looking over at her sister. “What is it, Lulu?”

“Do…” Luna began, wringing her hands together nervously. “Do you think that… that They will ever…”

In a single, swift motion, Celestia moved along the balcony, sweeping Luna into a close, loving embrace that made the younger Alicorn blush as her head was pressed gently against her sister’s bust. “It’s okay, Luna,” Celestia whispered soothingly, gently stroking her sister’s mane. “They won’t. We’ll make sure of it.

Nodding, Luna returned the embrace, giving a quiet sigh of relief. “Thank you, sister…” she muttered.

“Of course.”

After a while, the sisters separated, smiles on each of their faces as they turned and moved into the tower. As the doors swung softly shut, however, a light streaked across the sky, emerald green contrails wisping behind it…

“So lemme get this straight…” Zoey began, drumming her fingers on her leg irritably as she sat cross-legged in the centre of Sky Pillar’s pinnacle, staring up at the emerald serpent that hovered before her. “You’re telling me that, due to some multiversal BS, I’m basically dead in my world and now your physical body is bringing mine to some other world?”

‘Correct,’ Rayquaza said, nodding.

“...and there are Pokemon in this world?” the girl continued, causing the Sky High Dragon to nod again. “But it’s not the Pokemon world I know.”

‘Nay, tis not,’ Rayquaza confirmed, shaking his head. ‘Tis a world where those you know as Legendary are that and more. Tis a world with no human presence, instead populated by races reminiscent of Human mythos, with human-like bodies.’

Zoey just nodded, pushing herself to her feet as she moved to the edge of the tower, looking over into the cloud barrier below. “Eh, I’ve heard weirder,” she shrugged, turning her back to the edge. “Y’know a guy in that asylum thought he was being raised by a bunch of sentient gemstones with bodies made of light?”

Rayquaza chuckled, shaking his head in amusement. ‘I hath no doubt that thy strange encounters will continue, child,’ he replied with a laugh. ‘But for now, thou must return to the waking world. Thou hast arrived.’

Zoey nodded, crossing her arms over her bust. “Alright then, how do I do that?” she asked, raising a brow when Rayquaza just seemed to nod at the edge of the plateau. “Jump?” she asked, receiving another nod in response, to which the young woman merely shrugged. “Alrighty then.”

With that, Zoey let her body tip backwards, gravity doing the rest as she fell from the tower, wind streaming past her ears. As she fell, Rayquaza seemed to follow after her, almost seeing her off as he spoke again, the cloud barrier rushing closer.

‘I near forgot,’ the drake said. ‘Thy name is no longer Zoey, tis instead Z-’